0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is -
0:00:04 > 0:00:07the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:07 > 0:00:11against each other in an all-out battle for profit...
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Yee-haw!
0:00:12 > 0:00:16..and gives you the insider's view of the trade!
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Who's there?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Each week, one pair of duelling dealers will face
0:00:21 > 0:00:24a different daily challenge...
0:00:24 > 0:00:25The Axeman!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29..putting their reputations on the line...
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Ready for the ball.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36..and giving you their top tips and savvy secrets
0:00:36 > 0:00:39on how to make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Get in there!
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Today, an all-action auction where the diva of the deals, Kate Bliss,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52has a bidding battle with the squire of the saleroom, John Cameron.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Coming up, our trading twosome tussle over a desk...
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I think Kate is interested in the Ercol desk I looked at earlier.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03If he bids on my desk, he will not be popular.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Kate makes a monumental mistake.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Oh, I haven't got 220! Sorry, sir.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I've gone over. I can't do 220.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16And John fails to impress with furniture.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18What you think about a piece of furniture like this?
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Can I be honest about it? - Yeah.- It's mediocre.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Fasten your seat belts and put your chairs in the upright position.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45We're about to witness an almighty clash
0:01:45 > 0:01:49as the emperor of ephemera takes on the baroness of bric-a-brac.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52They'll be battling it out in the trading trenches,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55waging all-out war in the heat of the auction room.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And as it's two awesome auctioneers,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59this promises to be a titanic tussle.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03First up, the first lady of antiques.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05She's a one-woman charm offensive.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08But don't be fooled by those innocent looks.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Underneath, she's the hardest haggler in the business.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Weighing in from Herefordshire, it's Kate "Absolute" Bliss.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20I mustn't do the smug thing. Pride before a fall.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Her contender is a gallivanting gavelier.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26He leads from the front and isn't afraid
0:02:26 > 0:02:28to go where others fear to tread.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34Yes, his speciality is turning the unusual and unique into pure profit.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38All the way from Portsmouth, it's John "The Hammer" Cameron.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I won't let that Kate make a monkey out of me.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Our experts come head-to-head at Moore Allen and Innocent saleroom
0:02:45 > 0:02:49just outside Cirencester and there's plenty to go at here -
0:02:49 > 0:02:52over 800 lots today.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55They've each brought £1,000 of their own money to spend.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Buying done, they sell it all on and any money they make
0:02:58 > 0:03:00will go to the charities of their choice.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05So, Kate Bliss and John Cameron, get ready to wave those paddles.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08It's time to Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Morning, Kate.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Well, this is almost, almost on my doorstep,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- the heart of the Cotswolds. - Have you been here before?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17I actually came for bit of a reach around last night in the dark.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Oh, I see.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22It was freezing cold, but I had a little bit of a mooch
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and earmarked a few things. Have you been here before?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I have been here before. Now I'm thinking you've got
0:03:27 > 0:03:29the advantage on me. You've had a good look around already.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Well, you are just such a fast mover, JC.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- I've got to get ahead of you somehow, haven't I?- Right, OK.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I think we ought to get in there and have a look around.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Let's have a look.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Listen to Kate, making out she's worried about John.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43This is a woman who wants to win, and there was nothing to stop John
0:03:43 > 0:03:46making it in time for the viewing day either.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Well, apart from his busy day job of course. But the fact remains -
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Miss Bliss is one serious senorita.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57So, now they've sized each other up, what are their plans of action?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01There are always surprises at auction, so my strategy is
0:04:01 > 0:04:04to have a few items up my sleeve so if I do get outbid
0:04:04 > 0:04:06on my favourite items, I've still got a few more
0:04:06 > 0:04:08that I can have a go at.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11So, cunning Kate's not only done her homework,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14she's also got a back-up plan. What about John?
0:04:15 > 0:04:18She's had time to look at this. I'm really under pressure here.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20It's difficult to sort the wood from the trees,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23all these lots so close together on the table.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Oh, dear. Is he starting to panic?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28At this early stage? Mm, that's not good.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Anyway, Kate wants to show us something she clocked last night -
0:04:31 > 0:04:35a box she thinks contains bags of profit.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Ah-ah-ah!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41We have three bags by Irish designer Orla Kiely,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43who is really hot at the moment.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48She's very known for her stylised motifs and repetitive patterns.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50She only started designing in the 1990s,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54but has gone straight to the top and people can't get enough of her.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58While Kate has designs on the handbags,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01John is eyeing up some porcelain.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04There's a little mixed lot here of Chinese porcelain.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09These two are the figures Guanyin, she's the goddess of mercy,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11very important in Chinese culture
0:05:11 > 0:05:15and a figure claimed by both Buddhists and Taoists.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17The Chinese blanc de Chine
0:05:17 > 0:05:19also comes with a pottery figure of Buddha.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Across the room, our own goddess of mercy
0:05:21 > 0:05:24is checking out an elm desk by Ercol.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30I made a beeline for it because for me, it's iconic '60s design.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34The thing that Ercol were known for was combining traditional
0:05:34 > 0:05:38craft techniques with modern machine design.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42You can see that here on the dovetails on the side,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45which is a very traditional way of making furniture.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49But also, these oval handles which are really
0:05:49 > 0:05:54distinctive of Ercol show the modern machining turning methods.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It's also a great size, not too big,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00and from my point of view, I think it's very saleable.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Somebody could use it with a laptop or even as a little dressing table.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Hmm. But she's not the only one who likes the look of it.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10John also gives the desk a once-over.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Could be interesting later on.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15But John loves the big, the bulky and the quirky,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18so a pair of large industrial lights should fit the bill.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21These would have been in a factory.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I did promise myself I wouldn't buy anything electrical today,
0:06:25 > 0:06:30but I have to say, they are quite tempting. Estimate is £80-120.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I have no idea what I would do with them after,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35but I tend to worry about that after I've bought things.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38So, John's had a chance to scout out the best stuff,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42but the viewing time is over. It's now all about bidding.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46As the sale starts, Kate's designer handbags are the first up.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49If I can get this bought, I'll feel as if I've started
0:06:49 > 0:06:51and I'm on a roll.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53But John's ears have pricked up.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Interesting.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I've just heard Kate say, "I've got one lot to go,"
0:06:57 > 0:06:59so she's now about to bid on something.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I might have a bid on it myself.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Oh, naughty, naughty, Mr Cameron!
0:07:05 > 0:07:11Lot 61 is the handbags. 65 bid on the lot. Up five, 70. Five, 100.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- The book's out at £100. - That's me at 100.- £100.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- It's with me at the moment. - All sure?- Looking good.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Yes, in the bag!
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Pardon the pun.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Oh, no, we like puns. Hadn't you noticed? So, she's off and running.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Of course, there's the saleroom commission to add in.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30All up, she pays £121.60.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I was going to bid on that. I couldn't do it to you.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Just keeping her on her toes.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40But John needs to concentrate on his own game plan.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43The two Chinese figures and the Buddha are up next.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I don't think there are massive profits in them,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49even if I buy them at estimate, but I do need to buy something.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51£20 for the Buddha. A £20 bid there...
0:07:51 > 0:07:55There's lots of interest in the room and the internet bids quickly push
0:07:55 > 0:07:57the price higher and higher.
0:07:57 > 0:08:0060 if you'd like. Five. 70. At £70, it's on the net.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04John pulls out. Not a great start,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07but just four lots later is a porcelain Christmas table decoration
0:08:07 > 0:08:11in the shape of a railway track... And he's in.
0:08:11 > 0:08:1790, five, 100, 110. On the books at 110. 120 anywhere? 110...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- GAVEL BANGS - I didn't realise you were a train spotter.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- It takes all sorts. - I should have guessed.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25So, John's off the mark. His first ticket to ride
0:08:25 > 0:08:28costs £133.76 with fees.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35It's a modern Christmas table centrepiece by Villeroy & Boch,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37a well known company. Great condition.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40You've got the train, the station, the little figures here, and this
0:08:40 > 0:08:42would be literally in the centre of the dining table.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45You've got candles in the back of the carriage and the rolling stock
0:08:45 > 0:08:49there, and inside the station you've got some little tea lights.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51The other thing is that I didn't realise is that it came
0:08:51 > 0:08:53with this Austrian vase as well, this spill vase.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55That's a little bit of a bonus.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57It should help offset that buyer's commission a bit.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Anyway, I left the station and from here on in, it's full steam ahead.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Yes, his pistons are pumping.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07And he's sticking with ceramics. Soon, a pair of 19th-century figural
0:09:07 > 0:09:11dishes come up, not that he's looked at them properly.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14£30 to get on. Nice little figures there. 20, then.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Got to be cheap at 20 then, haven't they? 20 bid there...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18John's keen, but he's the only one.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20At 20...
0:09:21 > 0:09:25The dishes cost £24.32 including fees.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29They are well over 100 years old.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32They are stamped by Copeland who later became Copeland Spode.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Blanc de Chine figures.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Now I've had a look at them, I've noticed a bit of restoration
0:09:37 > 0:09:41to the basket handle here and also to the feet of the little girl there.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Even if I make £15 profit on that, it was worth buying them.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Now I know John has got a couple under his belt already
0:09:48 > 0:09:51and he is looking like the cat with the cream at the moment.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I might have to do something about that.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Well, she'll have to work fast
0:09:55 > 0:09:57because as the auctioneers swap over,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00John's industrial lights soon come up.
0:10:00 > 0:10:07150. Do I see 160 anywhere? 160, 170, 180, 190, new blood.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10190, 200.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15220... 220 I have. All done at 220.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- GAVEL BANGS - 220.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20There we are, another good lot has passed me by.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Now I've got to find something to fill that gap.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Well, he might not have to wait long because this amusement arcade sign
0:10:27 > 0:10:28could fill that hole.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33I've promised myself I wouldn't have a go at this today, but here I am.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35I'm not buying it. I'm not buying it.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Really? No interest at all?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Do we see 50?- There we are...
0:10:40 > 0:10:44£50 in the room, then. 60, five...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47£80 I have, then. 85.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- All done at 85.- What have I done?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55You've just bought it, that's what. £103.36 with fees.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Everybody remembers going to the arcades where you would put
0:11:00 > 0:11:04pennies or twopences in with the shifting shelves and the pennies
0:11:04 > 0:11:07and coins build up and then fall down as your prize money.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09This would've adorned the top of the machine.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Think of all those sounds and lights flashing as you go into an arcade,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16it really does conjure up visions and memories of your childhood.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I'm hoping my profit will be more than loose change.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22So, John's got three items, Kate's on one.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Maybe her visit yesterday was a waste of time.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27She needs to put her finger out.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29But after a while, we get into the silver section,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Kate's specialist subject. She's watching carefully when a pair
0:11:33 > 0:11:36of early 1990s silver candlesticks come up.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41At 55, number 60. Five, 70, five. £80, looks cheap at £80.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- They do look cheap. - 100. At £100, 110.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48At £100 in the room now, at 100, you're out on the web.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51All sure, you're out on the web on 120. 130.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Now that was a bit of a spontaneous buy.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59A pricey impulse purchase. Add in the fees, it's £158.08.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04It's always best with candlesticks like this to check the sconces
0:12:04 > 0:12:09because these just lift out and here you can see it's small,
0:12:09 > 0:12:13but it's there - a tiny little mark which exactly matches
0:12:13 > 0:12:15the date mark on the candlestick.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19So always check your sconces along with your candlestick.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22And our silver surfer doesn't stop there.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Two lots later is a silver sugar caster dated at 1937.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33Five, 80. At £80 the back now. At £80, you all sure?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39And that's hers as well, £97.28 including commission.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42And her visit last night has now paid off.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45There's only so many things you can get from a photograph
0:12:45 > 0:12:47or from looking online.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Seeing it in the flesh, you can gauge how heavy it is,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55if it's silver, which is crucial, what the condition is like,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57and also you can really study that hallmark
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and see how clear that is, because some collectors
0:13:00 > 0:13:05like a really crisp, clear hallmark, and these are really clear.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09It's a really good, solid, heavy, clean example.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13If you look inside, I don't think it's ever been used.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Mm, someone's feeling happy. Right, while Kate goes back in,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21let's pause for a second to look at the figures.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26Our experts each arrived with £1,000 of their own money to spend.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31Kate Bliss has bought three lots and spent £376.96,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34so has £623 to spend.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37John Cameron has also made three purchases,
0:13:37 > 0:13:42but spent significantly less - £261.44.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45He's got over £738 left in his kitty.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50So, it's all to play for.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53While The Hammer wanders round wondering about his next lot,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Miss Bliss has sniffed out a collection of assorted items,
0:13:56 > 0:13:59and she's particularly keen on a double-ended
0:13:59 > 0:14:03silver-mounted scent bottle from 1879.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Silver is making really strong money
0:14:05 > 0:14:07and, bearing in mind it comes with a whole load of other
0:14:07 > 0:14:11pieces, I think I might really have to stick my neck out for this one.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- 433...- Here we go. - 80, five, 90, 100.
0:14:16 > 0:14:22At 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26190, 200 now. At 190 on my left...
0:14:26 > 0:14:29- Oh, go on.- 200.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32That's mine. 200.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36I better hope I can get quite a lot of money for the other items.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Well, you can say that again. Including fees, she pays £243.20.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Though in the Victorian period, you couldn't go out
0:14:46 > 0:14:51and buy ready-made scents in bottles like you do today.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55You would buy your bottle, a real luxury item,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57and then you'd take to the chemist
0:14:57 > 0:15:02or the perfumier to get your chosen scent and fill it up.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08This one is great for perfume bottle collectors
0:15:08 > 0:15:11because it's in fantastic original condition.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15No chips to the glass, no dents to the silver...
0:15:16 > 0:15:18The only catch is, all this comes with it.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24So, Kate's had a flurry of activity and spent a lot of money.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Time for John to step up, and he doesn't disappoint.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31He buys a jade cup for £54.72 including commission.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Jade varies in colour.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37This type here is known as spinach jade for obvious reasons.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42It's a little libation cup modelled as a longevity peach.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Not badly carved, definitely worth a punt.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48And he's not finished with jade just yet.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51At five, 65, at 65, 70 now.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54He buys five jade dishes that are all part of a bigger job lot
0:15:54 > 0:15:59of decorative pieces. He pays £103.36 with fees.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And to make matters sweeter, he's then approached by the under-bidder
0:16:02 > 0:16:05who still wants most of the lot.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Now, John only wanted the jade dishes and a pair of soapstone pots,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12so the rest is up for grabs if they can agree a price.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18- Terry, make me an offer on these. - £20.- Can you do 30?- No.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22- 25, can you stretch to 25?- No, I'm going to stick with...- Go on, 25.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- £20 maiden bid.- All right, £20. They are yours.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Well, that's a stroke of luck.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Kate's unaware of all this because she's waiting for a set of ten
0:16:31 > 0:16:33pictures by the artist Sidney Horne Shepherd.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36And quite a few of them are nudes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Oh, yes, didn't expect that, did you, huh?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42At £90. It's on the books at £90. Five there and the book is out.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44At £95. 100 if you'd like on the net.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- GAVEL BANGS - Yes, they're mine for £95.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Yes, but remember the fees. The price goes up to £115.52.
0:16:54 > 0:16:59What we've got here is a collection of pen and ink drawings
0:16:59 > 0:17:02and watercolours by Sidney Horne Shepherd.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06He's a 20th-century artist. In fact, he died in 1993.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10Some of the better ones are selling in galleries for up to £400,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13but in this lot, you've got quite a few...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16some more erotic than others.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Oh, I say!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20So, they're level-pegging five lots each.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24But things could soon hot up - the Ercol desk is next.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I would really like this.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27I think it's top quality
0:17:27 > 0:17:29and it's what the market really likes at the moment.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33I think Kate is interested in the Ercol desk I looked at earlier.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36If he bids on my desk, he will not be popular.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Kate's kitty is dwindling. In fact, before fees,
0:17:40 > 0:17:45she's now only got £217 left to play with. Let's see what happens.
0:17:45 > 0:17:51At 160, I'm starting. 170, 180, 210, 220. At 220...
0:17:51 > 0:17:52It's gone above her budget.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- At 220...- Bother! - 240 on the books out.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57John has more wiggle room, though.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- On the net at 240. 260 we've got to go.- No, 250.- I got to go at 260.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03280 on the net. 280.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06But it goes too high for him as well.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10Two disappointed people, that's not fair.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12At 280, one of you ought to be happy. At 280...
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- GAVEL BANGS - John hangs his head.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19It's all too much. But, there's only 150 lots to go,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22so determination is replaced by desperation
0:18:22 > 0:18:26and our two bidding buccaneers scour the room looking for inspiration.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Well, we are right down to the dregs of the furniture now.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31This is where you end up getting desperate.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Desperate maybe, but not defeated.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35He has a go on a Middle Eastern teak coffer
0:18:35 > 0:18:38that's inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42At 200 here. 220 now. At 200, 220 anywhere?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44At £200, you all sure?
0:18:46 > 0:18:52Yes, he gets it but at a hefty price - £243.20 with fees.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55So a lot of work has gone into this. It's a very beautiful thing.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57It really does draw you in.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I have paid four times the bottom estimate, 50-80.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I've paid £200 plus commission.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07When you consider the work that's gone into it, it still seems cheap.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Oh, well, that's fine, then. John is now leading six items
0:19:11 > 0:19:16to Kate's five. But she's hoping a Victorian pine farmhouse table
0:19:16 > 0:19:19will end up within her limited budget.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24160, the books out of 160. 170, 180, 190, 200.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27At £200, 220.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- At 220 on my left. - Oh, I haven't got 220!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32At £220 is here, all done.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Sorry, sir. Sorry, sir.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I've gone over. I can't do 220.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39I'm so sorry.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Sorry, sir.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Ooh. Never in the history of Put Your Money
0:19:43 > 0:19:45has such a withering look been seen.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- 15?- No.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Pipe down, Kate, he's having none of it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53At £200, you all done.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Bother.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Kate's chaos hasn't gone down well. But everyone manages to move on.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04She gets the next thing she bids on - a pine corner cabinet comes in
0:20:04 > 0:20:09just within her budget. Including fees, she pays £218.88.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14And that, not surprisingly, is her last item.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17And before you know it, John pips in a cheeky final bid.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21He gets a Victorian mahogany sideboard for £60.80.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Everything has been going way over estimate today
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and is completely untouchable,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29but I think I've just bought the bargain of the day.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33This is a 19th-century mahogany sideboard.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Mahogany, beautifully flamed veneered.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39You got drawers here, these pulvinated drawers in the top.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43£50 plus commission, an absolute steal.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46And that's it! It's been quite an auction.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49There've been highs and definitely some lows.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Let's look at the all-important figures.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Both our experts arrived in Gloucestershire
0:20:55 > 0:20:57with £1,000 of their own money.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03Kate Bliss spent almost all of it - six items for £954.56.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11John Cameron bought more for much less - seven lots for £723.52.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16And now that the saleroom dust has settled,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18how do they think they've done?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19What happened here today?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Well, no, you've got...
0:21:20 > 0:21:23I think, actually, you've got some quite wacky stuff.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I quite like your bit of fun down there.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28The fairground, I know.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30What am I going to do with it? I'm not even going to get it in my car.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- SHE LAUGHS - I tell you what,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I've spent a serious amount of money.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Almost all the budget.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Well, having looked at your handbags,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- I think there's profit there.- Hmm.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I think we've both had to pay top money today, actually,
0:21:42 > 0:21:44but it's where we go from now.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- So all I can say is bonne chance... - Good luck.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49..cos I think we're going to need it.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Well, if they think they paid top money,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56they're going to have to pull out all the stops
0:21:56 > 0:21:59if they stand any chance of making punchy profits.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01They need to think laterally and hit the phones
0:22:01 > 0:22:05to tap up the very best buyers this country has to offer.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07But remember, until they've shaken on it
0:22:07 > 0:22:09and the money has changed hands,
0:22:09 > 0:22:10no deal is ever sealed.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13In Herefordshire, Kate's looking over her lots
0:22:13 > 0:22:16and thinks she's sitting pretty.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I am so pleased I went the night before to the auction
0:22:19 > 0:22:21and had a very good root around.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Now, this lot I bought for one piece in particular,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28and that was this scent bottle, which is super condition.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30It's Victorian, and just the sort of thing
0:22:30 > 0:22:33that a collector of scent bottles would like.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38I've got a sugar caster here, which is from 1937.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42I don't think it's ever been used. It's in pristine order.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46My silver candlesticks are super quality. They're not old.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49And I've got a pair of interior designers I know
0:22:49 > 0:22:51who would just love these.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54My watercolours were an interesting little lot,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57and I bought them a little bit at the last minute.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00The artist is Sidney Horne Shepherd.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04In a gallery in Dundee, his work is quite widely recognised,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07and the same sort of watercolours
0:23:07 > 0:23:10are priced at between £300 and £500.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13The handbags are just my sort of thing
0:23:13 > 0:23:16and some of my girlie friends would die for one of those,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and I think there's serious profit there.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21And the pine cupboard was my last buy.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I got it home, looked how much I paid for it
0:23:24 > 0:23:26and thought - disaster.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29But, actually, I found a specialist in old pine
0:23:29 > 0:23:34who also has a restoration workshop and he loves this kind of thing.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38So, John, are you regretting not doing just a little bit of homework?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Because I think I'm sitting on a little bit of a gold mine.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Yes, confidence, enthusiasm and ambition by the bucketload.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48What about John?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50He's in his saleroom on the south coast.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I love my Copeland figures here.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Victorian.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56But there is a reason they were so cheap,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59it's because they're out of fashion.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03A wonderful fairground piece here from an arcade machine.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Paid just over £100 for it.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I think I'm going to really have to have a good sale there
0:24:08 > 0:24:10if that's going to bring me in the jackpot.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14The jade pieces and my soapstone bits - I really like those.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Oriental works of art are quite popular at the moment.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17The market is good.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21This Middle Eastern coffer here inlaid with mother-of-pearl
0:24:21 > 0:24:22is a wonderful thing.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27But, with commission, I've ended up paying over £240,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30so I'm going to have it really hard trying to get a profit out of that.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33This 19th-century mahogany sideboard.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35And it is my favourite piece
0:24:35 > 0:24:38because I already have somebody who's interested in buying it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41This little Christmas porcelain centrepiece here.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42It is quite specific,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46and trying to find a buyer may not be as easy as you hope.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Kate, you will have to go some if you're going to derail my train.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Yes, they're both pumped up and raring to go.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56As they prepare for the off, they know that all the profits they make
0:24:56 > 0:24:59will go to charities of their choice.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01John's starting with that mahogany sideboard.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04He's in Southsea to see Colin who's a furniture dealer.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07The piece owes John nearly £61.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10What do you think of a piece of furniture like this?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- Can I be honest about it? - Yeah.- It's mediocre.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Bit of a clean up and a makeover, I think we could make it acceptable,
0:25:18 > 0:25:19make it commercial.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21So, when would you date it?
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I'd certainly date it around the 1820s, 1830s.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25It's certainly pre-Victorian.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28What I like about it is it's not overornate.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Correct.- It's not too fussy.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32It is a functional piece of furniture.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I'm going to allow you to make me a generous offer, Colin.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37I would say...
0:25:38 > 0:25:40..110.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Do you think you could do 130 on it?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Reluctantly.- You are a gentleman.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Hmm, Colin says it like it is.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49But the deal is far from mediocre.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51John more than doubles his money,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54a profit of £69.20.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57So, how will Kate's first sale go?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59She's brought some of her watercolours to Hereford
0:25:59 > 0:26:02to see Michael, who needs artwork for his office,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05which probably explains why she's left the nudie ones at home.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10- Well, these are all by an artist called Sidney Horne Shepherd.- Yes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- And he was a Scottish artist.- Right.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15- He did still lifes, as you can see here.- Yeah.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17So, that's one.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21And then this could almost be sort of the pair to it.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23It's drawn in charcoal
0:26:23 > 0:26:26with this lovely sort of sepia watercolour wash over it
0:26:26 > 0:26:28and signed, of course, here.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30So, those are the still lifes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32But I promised you a selection so you could have a little choose.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- Yeah, OK.- These ones are a little bit more off the wall, as it were.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38A little bit more abstract.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40And a similar sort of abstract there.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42I think I prefer the first two.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47A gallery price is anywhere between sort of £200 and £500,
0:26:47 > 0:26:52so I'm hoping somewhere between £200 and £300 each,
0:26:52 > 0:26:53something like that.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- £150 each is kind of where I would be looking to go.- OK.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02If we did the two for, say, 325...
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- ..how does that sound? - It sounds like £25 too much.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08- Does it? - HE LAUGHS
0:27:08 > 0:27:10How about 310?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12310 - I would rip your arm off for that.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I'm very, very grateful. Thank you for bringing them.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Wonderful. Great.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17That suits me really well.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19BOTH: Thank you very much.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Well, that went well.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23All the other watercolours and sketches are bought by a gallery
0:27:23 > 0:27:25in Dundee for £200,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and Kate even convinces them to pay the postage.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32And, in total, that means Kate makes an incredible starting profit
0:27:32 > 0:27:35of £394.48.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38So, John's got rather a lot of work to do,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40and that's putting it lightly,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44so he teams up a couple of his lots in the hope of a double deal.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47He's at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard with his jade cup,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49jade dishes and the soapstone pots
0:27:49 > 0:27:53and he's brought them to meet Andrew, who's an antiques dealer.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57The first piece, if we can have a look at this little libation cup.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Have a look.- OK. Interesting colour.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03What it has got in its favour - it's probably not brand-new
0:28:03 > 0:28:07because jade, being such a hard stone, wears very, very slowly.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11I'm looking at that around 150. How do you sit?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Um, about 100.- About £100, OK.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16- All right. Well, let's have a look at the other pieces.- Yes.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20- I've got five jade cups there. Have a look at those.- OK.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Again, I think... Are they little sort of wine cups, do you think?
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Yeah. Bit of sake in.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- I like the colours. This is a spinach...- Spinach jade.- Yeah.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29A beautiful little size.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32And again, I do appreciate just how hard jade is to carve.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Oh, it must have been a nightmare to do that, yeah.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- But, for me, my favourite pieces of the whole lot...- Yeah.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40..are this wonderful pair of these little...
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I'm not sure if they're wine ewers or what.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- They're soapstone. I know it's softer to carve.- Yes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Much easier to carve, and I love them.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Yeah, they're interesting. Obviously soapstone is nowhere near
0:28:49 > 0:28:51- as valuable as jade.- I know.
0:28:51 > 0:28:52What do you think agewise of them?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Could be 50 years old...if I'm hopeful.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Well, I know they're cockerels but, you know, we've got to talk turkey.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04So, for the two cockerel wine ewers and the five jade cups,
0:29:04 > 0:29:06I was looking for about 200 for them.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08No, no, no.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Basically 150 on those.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11- 150 on those?- Yeah, yeah.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- And 100 on the cup.- Yeah, yeah.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Well, I will shake your hand, Andrew, and I will certainly drink to that.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Thank you very much, John.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Well, that worked.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22So, let's keep it simple and go through them in order.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24First up, the jade cup pours in
0:29:24 > 0:29:26a profit of £45.28,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28which is great.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Then we take the money Andrew pays for the other bits
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and add it to the £20 that Terry the underbidder paid
0:29:33 > 0:29:36for the rest of the job lot back at the auction,
0:29:36 > 0:29:37and John walks away
0:29:37 > 0:29:40£66.64 better off.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Phew!
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I'm really happy with that sale.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Sold both pieces of jade and made a respectable profit.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Now, Kate, I hope you're not feeling too jaded just yet
0:29:49 > 0:29:52but you could be staring down a barrel of a heavy defeat.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Well, Kate thinks her handbags might be ammunition enough.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58She's been doing her research and discovered
0:29:58 > 0:30:00she's got some high-class brands,
0:30:00 > 0:30:04which makes her £121 investment look like a bargain.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07She's brought a selection to the village of Brinsop to see Pat.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12As you can see, we've got some really nice brightly coloured,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14design ones here,
0:30:14 > 0:30:16and then you've got something perhaps
0:30:16 > 0:30:18for a little bit more formal.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20And then there's Tods one, which I think is a really lovely colour.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- I call it mushroom.- Yes. - I don't know what you think.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Yes, yes.- I'm looking for around the sort of £300 mark.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30But, of course, if you want to take a couple, I'm sure we could...
0:30:30 > 0:30:31do some sort of deal.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- Well. Let's have a little... Let's keep looking.- Mm-hm.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Well, the other leather one is this one here
0:30:37 > 0:30:39by J & M Davidson.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Got quite a nice snap clasp there.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Little bit of wear inside.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47That one, again, is around the sort of £300 mark.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49Right.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51What's the cost of one of these to buy new?
0:30:51 > 0:30:55That one is around the sort of 700-750.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56I'd rather offer you about 200.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Well, I was hoping for 300 each, really.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- Hmm.- How do you... What's your...
0:31:02 > 0:31:03What would your offer be?
0:31:03 > 0:31:07My offer to you would be 400.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- For the two?- For the two.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Well, if I could say a straight 500 for the two,
0:31:12 > 0:31:13I'd be happy.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- OK.- Happy?- Yes, OK, we'll go for that.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22And John might want to look away now because it didn't stop there.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Our classy bag lady sold all the other handbags
0:31:25 > 0:31:28to women in Bournemouth, London, Bath and Hereford
0:31:28 > 0:31:32for a combined price of £265.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34And that packed a profit punch -
0:31:34 > 0:31:38wait for it - a stunning £643.40.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42So, shall we see what that's done to the figures so far?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Come on, John, you can face it.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49John has sold three of his lots and, in isolation, is doing well.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52He's made £181.12.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Very respectable.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58But Kate has launched herself into the selling stratosphere.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Just two lots sold but she's already sitting on a profit
0:32:01 > 0:32:04of £1,037.88.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Amazing.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10John may well be behind, but he comes out fighting.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12And he dives in with his most expensive item -
0:32:12 > 0:32:14the teak coffer.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17He's in West Sussex to meet Johnny who owns a pub
0:32:17 > 0:32:21and who The Hammer thinks has a rather flamboyant side.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24I think it is quite a...a kind of ornate and rather decadent piece.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Am I wrong to have thought of you?
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Not normally the sort of piece I would buy, but I think it, um...
0:32:31 > 0:32:32It's a nice piece.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35I'm looking here and I think this is, you know...
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Something has been gnawing this. - JOHN LAUGHS
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Listen, this has come from North Africa. It's Moroccan.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46- It could have been a camel or a goat gnawing at it.- Wow. There you are.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51A show of wealth was to have a coffer to put things in of value
0:32:51 > 0:32:53and transportable, hence the handles on the side.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55I haven't got enough valuables to fill this up.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58I wouldn't have enough valuables to fill half the size.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02This would look nice set on top of a Moroccan rug.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03You're right.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05It's perfect for that, isn't it?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07I saw this at about 3.5.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- 150.- John, behave yourself.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13No, I'm sorry. You'll have to take a loss on it.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Come on, John. This is worth 350 quid of anyone's money.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19And if I make it into a table, I've got to spend money on it
0:33:19 > 0:33:22to put a piece of glass on the top of it.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24So what's the best you can do, John?
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- Come on.- 250.- 250.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Make it 300 and I still think you've had a good deal.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Come on, John.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36I'll give you 300 and nothing more.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39John, God bless you. £300.
0:33:39 > 0:33:40Cor, Johnny played hard ball.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42But our man ends up with a profit -
0:33:42 > 0:33:44£56.80.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49John also sells his pair of 19th-century Copeland figural dishes
0:33:49 > 0:33:52to a lady in Portsmouth for £50,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55and that brings in another £25.68.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Kate also makes a quick sale.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59The modern silver candlesticks
0:33:59 > 0:34:02are bought by an interior design specialist in Ledbury.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04He pays £210,
0:34:04 > 0:34:07which adds another £51.92
0:34:07 > 0:34:08to her profits.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12But you'll remember Kate bought a lot more silver as well,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14and she's brought it all to Central London.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19I've brought all my silver pieces to show one specialist buyer,
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Daniel Bexfield, because he certainly knows his stuff.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Now, he may only buy one piece, or he might buy the lot.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Let's see how we get on.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Well, Daniel has a quick look at what's on offer,
0:34:32 > 0:34:34but he's only interested in the sugar caster,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36the scent bottle and a christening cup
0:34:36 > 0:34:38that was part of the same job lot.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The sugar caster is a nice gauge in good condition.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45- I think it's 1937, somewhere around there.- It looks that sort of date.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- Yes.- And that, with a little, gentle cleaning by hand,
0:34:48 > 0:34:50that's going to look lovely. On the other hand,
0:34:50 > 0:34:53we've got something decorative here - the christening mug.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56And you've got a date of 1866.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00A lot of people won't want to buy it because it has initials in it.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Now, that's lovely because...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Have you got hallmarks on this?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- Yes. We have got hallmarks on there. - Oh, you have - Victorian.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- Very late Victorian.- Yes. And what's interesting about this...
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Cos it looks very, very plain and, being Victorian,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13if you imagine most of the Victorian things
0:35:13 > 0:35:16were really heavily decorated, which was the fashion.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20At the time, this would have been really, really modern looking,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- really designerish, if you like. - Hmm.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26And, obviously, you have scent on this side
0:35:26 > 0:35:28and this side would be smelling salts.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Let's take the sugar caster to start with.- Yeah.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I was hoping for somewhere like 220.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35- Were you?- Something like that.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38And tell me what you were thinking about this.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41The mug, I'd be happy with £100.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42OK.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44The scent bottle, however,
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I think is a really nice-quality piece.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I was hoping
0:35:48 > 0:35:49for around the 320 mark.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53OK. If you are able to do that at 200, I'd be really happy with that.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55The mug - I'm happy at £100.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57I think that's... It'd be more than fair with that.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59And we've got the scent bottle.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02How about... Cos we've got really round figures at the moment.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04We've got 200, we've got 100.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06What if we made that 300?
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I'm more than happy.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09Well, that's a tonne of money.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Let's go through this in order as well so it doesn't get complicated.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15The sugar caster doubles its money.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18The profit is £102.72.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21And then, there's the assorted collection.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Kate sells the bits Daniel didn't want
0:36:22 > 0:36:25to an antiques dealer in Oxford for £40.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Add that to the money for the scent bottle and cup
0:36:28 > 0:36:29and Kate makes
0:36:29 > 0:36:32an even heftier profit - £196.80.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Now, that is my kind of shop.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38And what a great way to do business.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Beat that, John.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Well, it might seem unlikely, but anything can happen.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46He's near Havant to see a lady he grew up with.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50I'm about to meet my friend Debbie who loves Christmas decorations
0:36:50 > 0:36:52and whose son loves railways and trains.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54And I've brought my porcelain centrepiece
0:36:54 > 0:36:57modelled as a Christmas railway station.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01I'm hoping she's going to like it, and Christmas will come early for me.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04The table decoration owes John more than £130.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Right, so I've set it all up. What do you think of it?
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- I actually really like it. - Do you really?- Yeah, I do.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14So, there your tea lights go in the station
0:37:14 > 0:37:15and it all lights up.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Piece is actually made by Villeroy & Boch.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- OK.- There we are. Good maker.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24And, as you can see, it comes with a box and some wrapping...
0:37:24 > 0:37:25some bubble wrap there,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27and it doubles up as a cat bed.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- Sold.- I think Coco likes the box and packaging anyway.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33How much do you want?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I'm looking for £300.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42I think that is a little bit too much.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- Really? What do you see it as?- 200.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47200 is not enough.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50220.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Going in the right direction.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53Call it 250.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Nice, round number.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57In fact, I've got a deal sweetener for you here.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Another hard-paste porcelain flower vase for you,
0:37:59 > 0:38:01hand-painted.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04It comes with that. 250.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- OK then, John.- 250.- Got a deal.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11And the vase. And Coco has got himself a new bed.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Yes, looks like Coco's the big winner there,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15but John is chuffed with the deal.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18He chugs away with £116.24
0:38:18 > 0:38:19in profit.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Kate is down to her last lot,
0:38:21 > 0:38:25the pine cabinet which she's already suggested she paid too much for.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29She's come to see Ken who's a pine furniture dealer near Aylesbury.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I think it's probably late-Victorian
0:38:32 > 0:38:35but it's the dimensions that I really liked,
0:38:35 > 0:38:37cos it's quite tall and thin, as you can see,
0:38:37 > 0:38:39quite an elegant shape
0:38:39 > 0:38:42and, for that reason, I think it would be fairly commercial.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45The proportions are nice, yes. Yeah, I quite like it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Is this the sort of thing that you could sell, do you think?
0:38:48 > 0:38:53It might be, yes. My customers are very hard on negotiating, so...
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- I have to buy at a reasonable price. - OK.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00Well, I would love for around the £300 mark.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I could pay around about 200 possibly.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06250, that's bang in the middle
0:39:06 > 0:39:08between 300 and 200.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11So, 230, and we've got a good deal and everybody's happy.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16Do you know, I really like fours, and 240 just sounds so much better.
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Go on, then. 240.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19- 240?- Yes.- Fantastic.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21All right. Lovely. Thank you very much.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Yes, Ken had her on the ropes there.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Maybe she did overpay at the auction.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27At £21.12, that's far and away
0:39:27 > 0:39:30her smallest profit of the day.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32So, this could be John's big opportunity.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35His last item is the amusement arcade sign.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37He's brought it to Mark,
0:39:37 > 0:39:40who's a car dealer in Southsea who collects weird and wacky items.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42So, does this fit the bill?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Nice. Yeah, I like it.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46It reminds me of my youth. It's the sort of things
0:39:46 > 0:39:48we used to play in the arcades down in Southsea,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51but it's going to need a little bit of work there
0:39:51 > 0:39:52cos that panel's missing.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55But I think it would have to be rewired and illuminated
0:39:55 > 0:39:56- to really...- To make it work, yeah.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58I think of something like this flashing.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00You've got the petrol pump here, all sorts there,
0:40:00 > 0:40:02you've got another light there.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- I think up high... - We could wire them together.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Illuminated, I think it would look quite good.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- So, you like it?- I like it.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- How much is it? - Couple of hundred quid.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11- Nah.- No?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13No, it needs too much repair work.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16I'd give 125 for it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Now you sound like a car dealer.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- I am a car dealer.- I know you are. THEY LAUGH
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Can you go to one and a half?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Go on, then.- Yeah?
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Well, that's more than you usually get out of a 10p machine.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33He hits the profit jackpot - £46.64.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35So, there we are,
0:40:35 > 0:40:36everything's been sold.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39But before we reveal the winner, let's get a reminder
0:40:39 > 0:40:40of what they spent at auction.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Both our experts started with budgets of £1,000.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Kate had done her homework and it showed.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52She bought six lots for nearly £955.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57John found it harder to pinpoint purchases
0:40:57 > 0:40:59but he did find seven lots that he liked
0:40:59 > 0:41:03and paid more than £723.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06All of the money that Kate and John have made from today's challenge
0:41:06 > 0:41:08will go to charities of their choice.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10So, let's find out who is today's
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16- Well, hello, my friend.- Hello, Kate.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- How are you doing?- Yes, all right. How are you?- Yeah.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22I have to say auction is my least favourite challenge.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Is it?
0:41:23 > 0:41:26You never get the items you want, and the ones you do get,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28you end up paying far too much for.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Well, all right, Mr Grumpy.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31I quite enjoyed it, actually.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Well, I enjoyed it till the end
0:41:32 > 0:41:35and then I started running out of things I wanted to buy.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39My porcelain Christmas centrepiece went down a treat.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41New home, very happy lady and son,
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- and the cat even loved the box and my wrapping.- Is that right?
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- Got rid of the whole lot. Yes. - And it's not even Christmas.- No.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51It was for me. So, how about you. What was your best profit?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Well, I think the thing for me was
0:41:53 > 0:41:57I bought quite a few lots which had a number of items in them.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00So I sold to actually a long list of buyers
0:42:00 > 0:42:01cos I sort of split it up.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Let's see, shall we? Shall we put ourselves out of our misery?
0:42:03 > 0:42:08- Come on, then. Ready? - Three.- Two.- One.- Go.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- BOTH:- Oh! - Oh, my goodness, Kate.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Wow.- Whoa, well, that's pretty respectable.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Yeah, but it's about £1,000 different there, Kate.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19I have to say the handbags did it.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21- Was it really?- Hmm.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Could you teach me a thing or two about vintage handbags?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26I probably could. How long have you got?
0:42:26 > 0:42:27As long as it takes.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Well, we knew she'd done well, but that is extraordinary.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Our golden girl makes a gargantuan profit
0:42:33 > 0:42:36and, quite frankly, wipes the floor with John.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39I have to say congratulations, Kate,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41you outmanoeuvred me in the auction room.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Early bird catches the worm.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46You got there early, you had a good viewing and you bought better.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49And I think the credit goes to you for buying multiple lots,
0:42:49 > 0:42:50splitting them up.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Created more work for yourself there, more sales,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54but that generated more profits. Congratulations.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Well, I certainly put in the homework on this one,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00which paid off.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03And at the auction, I bought pretty much what I wanted to buy,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05but...what can I say?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Handbags - a girl's best friend?
0:43:07 > 0:43:09They certainly were mine.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12So, will it be handbags at dawn tomorrow?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Our experts will be showing what they're made of
0:43:14 > 0:43:17at a car boot battle in London.
0:43:17 > 0:43:18You snooze, you lose.